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Louis-François Cassas | Voyage pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Palestine et de la Basse Egypte, Paris, 1798, 3 volumes bound in 2

UK: Greenford Park Warehouse

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July 11, 11:04 AM GMT

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Louis-François Cassas


Voyage pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phénicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte... Paris: Imprimerie de la Republique, An VII [1798]


3 volumes bound in 2, folio (509 x 342mm.), without title-page as issued, 172 engraved plates (only, of c.180: "the number of plates found in different copies varies; around 180 is standard" (Blackmer)), some folding or double-page, contemporary boards, marbled edges, marbled endpapers, folding "Vue de la partie la mieux conservée de la grand galerie de Palmyra" in vol.1 heavily dampstained and split at fold, "Temple du Soleil a Ba' Albek" in vol.2 with large closed tear at lower margin extending into plate, further spotting and browning, binding rubbed


LITERATURE:

Blackmer 295 (178 plates); Atabey 201 (179 plates); BAL RIBA 580 (183 plates)

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